ravaging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ravaging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ravaging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ravaging adj ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness" n plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: ravaging, devastation]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging}.] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already C[91]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.